Product Description

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Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling remains the standard in pastoral and counseling. This third edition is enlarged and revised with updated resources, methods, exercises, and illustrations from actual counseling sessions. This book will help readers be sensitive to cultural diversity, ethical issues, and power dynamics as they practice holistic, growth-oriented pastoral care and counseling in the parish.

Publisher's Description

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Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling remains the standard in pastoral care and counseling. This third edition is enlarged and revised with updated resources, methods, exercises, and illustrations from actual counseling sessions. This book will help readers be sensitive to cultural diversity, ethical issues, and power dynamics as they practice holistic, growth-oriented pastoral care and counseling in the parish.

Author Bio

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Howard Clinebell, formerly professor of pastoral psychology and counseling at the School of Theology, Claremont, California, authored several books published by Abingdon Press. He was considered an authority on the subject of counseling persons with addictions.
Bridget Clare McKeever, SSL, Ph.D. is a Sister of St. Louis; spiritual and retreat director; author; and pastoral care editor of Gleanings. She is also a former student of Howard Clinebell.